The A-Team Is Freaking Me Out

Almost as soon as I signed off on Friday afternoon, the first official cast shot of the new A-Team movie got passed out. It’s up above, and I would be lying to you if I said it hadn’t been bothering me all weekend? Why? Well, I guess I hadn’t anticipated yet another modern movie of an ’80s show to try quite so hard to have the new cast look like the old cast. Seriously, Brandon Cooper as Face? Perfect. Rampage Jackson as Mr. T/B.A. Baracus? Also perfect. That District 9 guy as Howlin’ Mad Murdock? So perfect it freaks me out. And then they’ve somehow transformed Liam Neeson as the spitting image of George Peppard as Hannibal. I mean, absolutely. Liam Neeson. Has been made to look like a popular TV actor from the ’80s, on purpose, and this has been achieved beyond anyone’s imagination.

This is kind of terrifying, people. I mean, when the only difference between the old A-Team and the new A-Team is that the new B.A. Baracus isn’t wearing gold chains, there’s either something terribly wrong or terribly right. And if it’s terribly right, I’ll bet my ass that it somehow turns horribly wrong — maybe not in this movie, but by the Airwolf remake for sure. (Via Comingsoon)